Golf club



April 10, 1928.

w. J. HADDEN y GOLF CLUB Filed May12. 1927.

head and a Wrapped grip.

Patented Apr. 10, 1928.

tion of such golf clubs, all the parts of readily assembled only a fewcompletely fin- .ished and complete in themselves and made I y 1,665,811UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLAM JAMES HADDEN, OF GLASGOW, SCOTLAND, AASSIGNOR T0 DONALDSON MANU-FACTURING COMPANY LIMITED, OF GLASGOW, SCOTLAND.

GOLF CLUB.

- Application led May 12, 1927, Serial No. 190,740, and in Great BritainAugust 16, 1926.

This invention relates to golf clubs and pattern of head, refers to'thatclass of such in which the kept and would parts, namely the shaft(preferably of holfor assembly. low steel), the head and the grip aremade The dealer or user Would take a tubular as separate, self-existentunits which are steel shaft of suitable length, then a finished securedtogether mechanically, by means inheadof suitable shape, volving aclampingaction, to form the comaiix 1t to the vshaft 'and then asuitable complete Club, plete grip and mount and adjust it on the rlheobject of the present invention is to shaft selected, so that acompletely finished provide an improved and practical construcclubyvould be formed, built up specifically which tol suit the user, who, ifat hand, can test are so secured together that, While they rethe clubthus formed and, if necessary, tain the advantages of such clubs inbeing Change one or more of lts component parts capable of having theconstituent unit parts for another part or other parts. made and 'storedseparately and being caln the drawing, pable 0f assembly at any time t0Suit, the Flg. l iS il longitudinal Sectional View Of desire of thedealer or the user, the parts a golf club with an iron head. will beimmovable relatively to each other Fig. 2 is a. sectionalyiew 0n lineII-II in use, and, moreover, the golf club so made 1D Elgwill simulate agolf club of the usual form F 1g. 31s au enlarged sectional View on linehaving a hickory shaft, a Wooden or iron H-IH 111 Fig. l.

Fig. l is an enlarged sectional vievcr on line By making all theconstituent parts as llV-IV in Fig. l. separate, self-existent unitswhich can be shaft, and grip would be always be avaliable ready ing theiron head is marked 1, the hollow ished clubs need be kept inlstock,say, one Steel Shaft 2 and the grip 3,

m* more 2,5 Samples of each kind 0f Club, The 1I"On lleild iS Secured t0the Steel Shaft 'llhere would be a range of heads for drivers, by meklngthe end 0f the socket 4 of the for bassies, for irons, etc., likewise arange head 0f I'edllCed thickness, this end being of Shafts foi @zichCharacter 0f Club and als() telnpeed and Slotted longitudinally at 5 anda T331 e 0f gripg Varying in thickness Suithaving its eXeIlOI SurfacePIOVded 2B.'

me tapered thread 6. Moreover the head is internally threaded at 7. Thelovver end of soY that they could be readily tted together the Sl19-i3iS arranged t0 fit snugly into the by unskilled labour to form thecomplete SOCket WhlCh 1S tapered t0 COIIeSpODd t0 jthe Chih K shaft andthis end is provided Wit-h a plug ACCOTCiiiig i@ this invention the @CifCiub 10 secured to the shaft for instance by rivets comprises, incombination, ashaft, a grip 11 adjustable on one end of saidshaft,-means adapted to screwinto the threaded part 7 for clamping saidgrip on the shaft; a head S0 that he head Selected @Ould be readily withsocket adapted to fit on the other end ltmched t? the Shaft Selected byscrewing of said shaft and circumferentially contracih? Shaft 1m30 theSOCke, Vthe eXtension 12 tible means for clamping said socket on theacfll'g t0 draw the Sheff' S0 aS t0 cause it to Shall-.5. \.t snugly inthe socket.

head may be made a Con'rgciibe threaded fellule :i3 iS lillen tightened0781 5901i@ adapted i0 iii, Siiugi on iii@ @mi @il the slotted end ofthe socket to cause it to the shaftI and have means /such as a screvvfirmly grip the shaft and clamp the head plug) for detachably securingit to the shaft theehe ellule has e Curved u per and means forcontracting said socket so end 14 which fits Withclearance aroun the asto clamp it on said shaft. shaft and the external surface of the ferrulerlhe heads are made by machinery or othis knurled. erwise to certainstandard patterns, the ln cases Where it is not convenient to shafts aremade to certain standard lengths temper the socket of the head, thesocket and the grips are made to certain standard may have tightlyfitted therein a tubular thicknesees. At the factory, sets of each'part, suitably split, for the reception of the or the user and thesewould be nln the assembled club shown in the draW-' said plug having atapped extension l2 An. internally Weight, and lie, and l lll llll

steel shaft. A clamping ferrule would then be fitted on the tube.

In the case of wooden heads, a short length of tubing or a hollow collarmay be pro- -vided on the neck to form the socket for the reception ofthe steel shaft. The collar or tube would be screwed internally and aclamping ferrule provided as for iron heads.

For ordinary clubs, i. e. for clubs for right handed players, the screwthreads on the shaft and in the socket are left handed so that at everystroke there is a tendency to tighten up the screw engagement. Righthand screw handed players. v

The grip for completing the club comprises a hollow metal sleeve 20,covered with leather 21 or other material, the said Sleeve being capableof slidably fitting on the end of the club shaft. Preferably awedgeshape piece 30 is provided between the sleeve and the covering 21to form a bulge at the upper end of the club.

The usual leather or fabric strip 2l for the hands is wound upon thegrip and secured in the customary way. At the end to be located nearerthe head, the sleeve is split by four longitudinal slits 22 and, when inposition on the shaft, a ferrule 23 having a `conical internallyscrew-threaded portion is slipped over the slits and screwed up on aleft hand thread on the sleeve, thus reducing thel circumference of thesleeve and clamping it tightly to the shaft. lf desired, there may be anadditional short sleeve (not shown) which is clamped to the shaft andthe main sleeve may be fitted thereon or thereover and clamped in itsturn, a double clamping being thus obtained.

rlhe end of the shaft is closed by a plug 24 adapted to be, fixed in theshaft by the grub screw 3l having an axial screw thread ed hole 25 init. yl'he upper end of the sleeve is also closed by a milled head 26 ona long screw 27 which screws into the plug of the shaft so as to holdthe grip truly in position. c

. lt is obvious that by turning ythe milled head 26 of the screw 27 thesleeve can be nicely adjusted in position and, after being clamped, thescrew can be tightened' positively to prevent any longitudinal movementof the sleeve on the shaft.

To prevent positively any turning yof the grip on the shaft, the shaftis provided with one or more longitudinal external grooves threads aredesirable for left.

or channels as 28 and the sleeve has corresponding internal ribs orprojections 29 so that when sliding the grip on to the shaft the rib orribs is or are engaged with ythe groove or grooves. Alternatively therib or ribs may be on the shaft and the groove or grooves in the sleeve.The simplest way is as shown to make thel longitudinal depressions orchannels externally on both the sleeve and the shaft, the externallongitudinal depressions in the thin sleeve forming internal ribsadapted to engage and slide in the channels of the shaft.

The grip, when fitted, is secured to the shaft 'at both its ends in away which allows it to be readily loosened if not exactly suited to thedesire of the player, and moved along the shaft within limits, orreplaced by a different and more suitable grip which can be similarlyattached to the shaft, so that the trouble 0f loosening the bindingstrip, altering vthe length of the shaft by cutting it and replacing thebinding is obviated. y

llt will be appreciated that the foregoing manner'of manufacturing golfclubs is a great improvement over the existinglmain ner. A model exactlyas desired by each player can be readily built up from standardizedparts. rlhen again there is a considerable saving in packing andtransport as a number of shafts can be packed together into small bulkand likew1se a number of grips and a number of heads.

l. A golf club comprising, a shaft, aclub head having a contra'ctiblesocket adapted to fit snugly on one end of said sha-ft, a screwed plugon said shaft adaptedto screw into the said head, means for contractingsaid socket so as to clamp it on the shaft, and a grip .detachably finedon the other end of said shaft.

2. A golf club comprising, a hollow steel shaft, a club head with asocket adapted to fit snugly on one end of said shaft, said sockethaving al tapered end of reduced thickness, which isxslottedlongitudinally so that it is contractible, a screwed plug on said shaftadapted to screw into said head, an internally threaded ferrule ladaptedto screw on to the end of said socket to clamp the head to the shaft,and a grip detachably fix-ed on the other end of said shaft.

ln testimony whereof l affix my signature.

- Wlllillillllf JAMES HADD'EN.

